xviii, 205 pages : 24 cm

"Tim Burton is one of the great modern-day visionaries of cinema, a director who has fabricated his own deliciously nightmarish universe in movies as extraordinary as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks! and The Nightmare before Christmas - not to mention his twisted takes on the tales of Batman, Sleepy Hollow and Planet of the Apes. [This] book casts light on Burton's Burbank childhood, his early work at Disney, the recurrent themes and stunning designs of his movies, and the creative obsessions that fuel them."--Provided by publisher

Previous edition: 1995

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword / Johnny Depp -- Introduction / Mark Salisbury -- Childhood in Burbank / Cal Arts -- Disney and Vincent -- Hansel and Gretel, Frankenweenie and Aladdin's Lamp -- Pee-Wee's Big Adventure -- Beetlejuice -- Batman -- Edward Scissorhands -- Batman Returns -- The Nightmare Before Christmas -- Cabin Boy and Ed Wood -- James and the Giant Peach, Mars Attacks!, Superman Lives and The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy -- Sleepy Hollow

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